Hope For Film
Ted Hope, Entertainment Strategy Guy, Shane Snow, Evan Shapiro, Mo_Diggs, Cole Haddon, Vanessa Hope, Scott Mendelson, Elizabeth Joyce, Sam Gallen, AS Hamrah, Debra McGuireExploring how we make good movies—and good creative lives—possible... for ever and ever and ever.
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American Doctor: "It’s really in the United States that I learned how to dissent & how to fight for what really matters...and the only way I know how to fight is as a filmmaker.”
In this vHopeful Conversation, I sit down with filmmaker Poh Si Teng—Oscar‑nominated producer of St. Louis Superman, Emmy‑winning executive producer of Patrice: The Movie, and now first‑time feature director of American Doctor—to talk about...
A Total Disruption (and more!)
and her company shot, directed, designed and published this “interview” with me back in June of 2015. It’s fun how they really snazzed it up!
Things change in ten years… don’t they?
I originally published it here.
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Block The Merger RoundUp #5
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The Best of the Worst
Nobody knows who I am, nor should they. I’m a 38 year old reality TV camera operator with an anxiety disorder and a bad filmmaking habit. I think the reason that Mr. Hope agreed to this takeover is because I just finished my first micro bud...
Queen of Chess: "It’s extremely satisfying to watch, because it’s this unstoppable champion who is so driven, has such guts, and also has a sense of humor and a warmth about her..."
In this vHopeful Conversation, I sit down with Academy Award–nominated, Primetime Emmy–winning director Rory Kennedy to discuss her new Netflix documentary, Queen of Chess, about Hungarian prodigy Judit Polgár and her battle against a male‑...
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A producer on over 70 films, studio exec on over 60, Ted launched Amazon’s foray into feature film production. His memoir/handbook "HopeForFilm" is available for your reading pleasure.
A former exec at a streaming company, the EntStratGuy provides regular thoughts and analysis on the business, strategy and economics of entertainment. I write for my newsletter and am a columnist at The Ankler.
former journo (wired, fastco, GQ), current producer (film, theatre), business builder and author (3 books, 2 on the way)
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I write about politics, tech, culture and legacy media.
Screenwriter (creator, NBC/Sky's DRACULA) | Novelist (PSALMS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD) | Host of 5AM STORYTALK podcast. Storytelling craft deep dives, emphasis on film/TV, in between trying to make sense of the 21st century through the lens of art.
Director. Producer. Documentary & Fiction Films. INVISIBLE NATION (PBS). Co-Writer, Co-Host LOVE IS A CRIME (Vanity Fair). Writer, Host vHOPEFUL CONVERSATIONS podcast w inspiring filmmakers & authors, listen (Apple. Spotify), watch here, HopeForFilm
Scott Mendelson got his industry start in 2008 with a self-piloted film blog titled “Mendelson’s Memos.” In 2013, went to Forbes.com where he wrote for nearly a decade specializing in box office punditry. He then spent a year at The Wrap.
Beantown economic sociologist turned screenwriter and producer building alternative business models. Co-founder @ Intrinsic Entertainment Collaborative. https://seedandspark.com/fund/buyletterboxd
Writing and producing in LA
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